Biological and Chemical Air Pollutants in an Urban Area of Central Europe: Co-exposure Assessment
Autor: | Agata Fratczak, Paweł Bogawski, L. Grewling, Małgorzata Nowak, Lukasz Kostecki, Agata Szymańska |
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Rok vydání: | 2019 |
Předmět: |
Ozone
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences biology Indoor bioaerosol Air pollution food and beverages Particulates medicine.disease_cause biology.organism_classification 01 natural sciences Pollution Alder Spore chemistry.chemical_compound Mugwort chemistry Pollen Environmental chemistry otorhinolaryngologic diseases medicine Environmental Chemistry Environmental science 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
Zdroj: | Scopus-Elsevier |
ISSN: | 2071-1409 1680-8584 |
Popis: | Synergistic interactions between biological and chemical air pollutants, enhanced by the effect of meteorological factors, may increase the risk of respiratory disease. Therefore, to accurately evaluate the impact of air pollution on human health, the concomitant behaviors of various air pollutants should be investigated. In this study, the peculiarities of the temporal co-existence of allergenic pollen (alder, birch, grass, and mugwort), fungal spores (Alternaria and Cladosporium), and hazardous air pollutants (ground-level ozone and particulate matter, PM10) collected in Poznan (western Poland) from 2005 to 2016 were analyzed with particular attention to their relation with air temperature. The results of the statistical analysis showed that the daily concentrations of certain airborne particles (pollen, fungal spores, and ozone) significantly increased on days with high mean temperatures. However, high temperatures occurring during earlier stages of development for grass and mugwort, prior to pollen release, decreased the overall quantity of pollen produced and released during the season. Furthermore, the daily concentration of PM10 decreased with increasing temperature. As a result, the co-exposure of alder pollen and PM10 was limited to a narrow temperature range (4–10°C) and mainly recorded during February and March. In most cases, a characteristic pattern was observed: The co-occurrence of air pollutants increased with the temperature. When birch and grass pollen co-occurred with other air pollutants, the temperature was significantly higher (by 2.0 to 8.0°C) than when only pollen grains were observed. In general, high temperatures favored the simultaneous occurrence of pollen grains, fungal spores, and ozone, which was most pronounced during hot days in June and August. Such conditions should therefore be considered the most hazardous for people suffering from allergic airway diseases. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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